I wanted to buy more and DTI was too high, I was told so many time I could not keep track of....Now, 8-9 years later, all properties are showing like $800 to $1200 cash flow per month per each property... and my DTI down to like 35% now....

I am a full time teacher, football and track coach in Cedar Hill so not only do we not have a lot of capital to start us out but I also didn't have a lot of extra time.  

Track all expenses and income on the properties you own and review them regularly and try to cut expenses and increase income.  

Once they are ready, they can upgrade to Aquisitions manager and fly solo.The overall goal is to get to a position where we just have to oversee these positions, solve problems as they come up and track performance. 

I see a lot of articles that state you can use an app to track your miles, however it also always mentions in other sections that the IRS requires that you keep track of your miles as they are occurring, not weeks later etc.

If there's one thing I would add, it's to start tracking your net worth.

Joseph Hennis It sounds like you need to get your arms around tracking the performance of each property from a net income / cash flow perspective.

But we are actually tracking to come in more like 55K.

Does he have a track record of performing such projects?

We also tracked common complaints to see if there is a larger pattern that we can address and learn from.Move-in courtesy calls. 90 days after move in we will call a resident to ask if anything is missing or if there is anything else they need.